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TAKE A POSITION!
Animals cheat. Humans cheat. When is it okay to cheat? When is it not okay to cheat?
Argue your point with reasons and evidence.
SAY WHAT?
Compare a time you cheated to how one of the animals in this book cheats. Explain your reasons
for cheating. Explain the similarities and differences.
THINK ABOUT IT!
List the reasons why animals cheat. List the reasons why humans cheat. Is cheating a part
of surviving? Why or why not?
LEARN MORE!
• Loh-Hagan, Virginia.
Top 10: Disguises
. Ann Arbor, MI: 45th Parallel Press, 2016.
• Smith, Lewis.
Why the Cheetah Cheats: And Other Mysteries of the Natural World
. Buffalo, NY: Firefly
Books, 2009.
• Spelman, Lucy.
Animal Encyclopedia: 2,500 Animals with Photos, Maps, and More!
Washington, DC:
National Geographic Children’s Books, 2012.
advantages (uhd-VAN-tih-jiz)
benefits
agile (AJ-il)
move quickly and easily
camouflage (KAM-uh-flahzh)
to blend into
surroundings
cocoons (kuh-KOONZ)
silky cases; stage of life cycle
for butterflies and moths
coma (KOH-muh)
state of deep sleep
droppings (DRAHP-ingz)
poop
flexible (FLEK-suh-buhl)
easy to move
habitats (HAB-uh-tats)
environments where animals
live
hibernate (HYE-bur-nayt)
to sleep during winter
months
larvae (LAHR-vee)
caterpillars; stage of life cycle for
butterflies and moths
molt (MOHLT)
to shed skin
mucus (MYOO-kuhs)
body snot
predators (PRED-uh-turz)
hunters
species (SPEE-sheez)
group of animals
survive (sur-VIVE)
to live, to stay alive
Consider This!
Glossary
Index
alligator snapping turtles, 18–19
caterpillars, 13, 14–16
chameleons, 10–12, 13
cocoons, 15
crows, 29
cuckoos, 30–31
disguises, 10–11, 14, 18–19
eggs, 6, 30–31
fireflies, 20–21
food, 6, 8, 9, 13, 14, 22, 23, 29
foxes, 6–7, 13
glowing, 20–21
Hanuman monkeys, 13, 22–23
nests, 6, 26–27, 30–31
orangutans, 13, 26–28
playing dead, 24
predators, 13, 14, 16, 21, 23, 24, 26
prey, 12, 18–19, 20
rats, 8–9, 13
Virginia opossums, 24–25
